Just three months ago, an outraged Zachary police chief asked why the same man was being arrested over and over by his officers, only to be set free again.

Now, that same man, Albert Franklin, is accused in Monday’s murder of a police officer in the same city.

The 9NEWS Investigative team produced an in-depth report on Franklin last December, showing his numerous arrests on drugs and weapons charges and the seemingly revolving door he found at the jail during his numerous arrests.

In the most recent of those arrests, Judge Trudy White drastically reduced Franklin’s bond from $88,000 to just $9,000, our investigative report exposed. Franklin quickly posted bond and was back on the streets again.

Numerous people posted about the situation on social media Tuesday, outraged at the background story on Franklin and Judge Trudy White’s involvement in his judicial proceedings.

"I don't understand that because we can't go judge shopping but a criminal can go judge shopping, but police can't do that when we try to get a warrant signed or a search warrant signed," Chief McDavid said.

Franklin bonded out on a commercial surety bond, meaning someone put up property to secure his bond.

"Usually, you see judges tweaking the amount up or down a little bit, usually down, but this amount is dramatic," Dane Ciolino, a Loyola University Professor who teaches legal ethics, told the 9News Investigators. "It's not uncommon at all for judges to reduce bonds. That is a fairly typical event in the Louisiana criminal justice system. What's unusual and somewhat striking in this case is how much the bond was reduced."

It was reduced by $79,000.

Just two weeks later, on November 28th, Zachary police arrested Franklin again. This time for illegal possession of a stolen firearm. His bond was set at $5,000 by a different judge, Judge Anderson, but there was a note reading "notify Judge White of new arrest"

"I would hope that she takes a look at that and maybe take his bond back and put him back in jail," Chief McDavid said.

When he was arrested in the traffic stop earlier in November, Franklin had someone else in the car with him, Lana Rainwater, who was also arrested on drug and gun charges. Her total bond was set at $46,000 for those four charges.

"If there's good reason to reduce his bond, then there's certainly good reason to reduce hers," Ciolino said.

9NEWS: The other person who was arrested with him, her bond was not reduced?

CHIEF MCDAVID: No, her bond is still at $46,000. That's Ms. Rainwater. I don't understand why that wasn't reduced.

9NEWS: Favoritism?

CHIEF MCDAVID: Could be favoritism, I don't know. I'd like to know why we're doing this.

"Well that certainly raises questions because unless there's some major disparity between these co-defendants, for example, unless one of them has a significant criminal record that the other one does not have, unless one of them presents a greater risk of flight than the other, the bonds should really roughly be the same if they're charged with the same offenses," Ciolino said.

The 9News Investigators did not find any previous arrests in Louisiana for Rainwater, but Franklin has been arrested five times just this year alone. Before the two November arrests, he was picked up in September for possession of drugs and traffic charges with his bond set at $3,500 by Judge Trudy White.

Franklin was arrested in June for theft of a trailer and illegal possession of stolen things. His bond was set at $7,500 by Judge Anthony Marabella. In April of this year, he was locked up for possession of cocaine. The bond was set at $5,000 by Judge Richard Anderson. Franklin bonded out in all cases.

"I'm tired of seeing the same individuals being re-arrested over and over by our officers here who put their lives in danger every day and these people just walk out of jail like it's let's make a deal," Chief McDavid said. "I just will ask Judge White, 'Why are you continuing to let this individual out? Why did you reduce his bond? Did you look at his criminal history and see all the charges he's had before? Did you read the probable cause and see the problems he's causing in the city limits of Zachary?'."

Chief McDavid said a judge's job is to uphold the law. "Uphold these laws. Quit reducing these bonds and letting these people out."

Ciolino said bond is meant to assure the defendant will show up to court.

9NEWS: If I continue to violate the conditions of my bond, should I continue to get a reduced bond and be able to get out of jail?

CIOLINO: In short, no. If a pre-trial detainee is released on bond, that release is subject to certain conditions and if any of those conditions are violated by the defendant pending trial, then the bond is revoked and the defendant is incarcerated.

"It's something the Supreme Court or Bar Association or whoever regulates them needs to look into it," Chief McDavid said.

A message was left for Judge Trudy White, but the call was not returned when this report was filed.

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